How toxic is mold in our homes? What you need to know after Tori Spelling reveals ‘health hazard,’ hospitalization

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breaking up with husband Dean McDermott and living in an RV, the former “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress revealed she was hospitalized last week and was seen leaving a medical facility last Sunday covered in bruises.Spelling did not disclose what her ailment is but has spoken about how several of her five children have cycled in and out of the hospital since January.The reason, Spelling later said, was an ongoing mold problem in their house.“Let’s talk about MOLD,” Spelling wrote in an Instagram post in May. “Here we are again at Urgent Care.

We’ve all been on this continual spiral of sickness for months. Sick. Get better. To get sick again.“Used to think … well that’s what happens when you have young kids in school.

They just continually bring sicknesses home. We now know that when the house was labeled a health hazard and not live able [sic] that wording was FACT.

We now GET IT,” Spelling added.“Our troubles are next level with our mold problem and the house that’s been slowly killing us for 3 years,” she said.Mold can be a serious health problem and one that’s tricky to solve because mold — and mold spores, which spread mold through the air — are found everywhere.Mold is a type of fungus found outdoors and inside buildings, ships, passenger vehicles — anywhere that moisture is present.“Mold spores are always found in the air we breathe,” according to the New York State Department of Health, “but extensive mold contamination may cause health problems.”Molds can grow on virtually any surface, including wood, carpet, paper and food, according to the EPA.